Mickey and Bill will be leading the Seventh Inning Stretch at AT&T Park in SF on August 9 for Jerry day. They will attempt to set a Guinness world record for the largest Kazoo ensemble, leading a kazoo version of “Take me out to the Ballgame”!

The Rhythm Devils are looking for people to help them get the word out about their gigs – postering, social networking, etc. Send email to friendsofthedevils@gmail.com to sign up. You’ll be rewarded with a spot on the guest list.

Rock Your Papa
Death Don’t Have No Mercy
Walk Through the Fire
Tonight I’ll be Staying Here with You – Mark Karan and Jemimah Puddleduck 3/31/10 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Tonight: Mark Karan is my guest for the full two hours (8-10pm PST). He brings with him a double handful of digital recordings from recent performances by Jemimah Puddleduck, Ratdog, and other special musical events. We’ll talk about his new CD Walk Through and Fire and his upcoming gigs with Jemimah Puddleduck.

Grateful Dead Productions, announcing the dead.net exclusive release, Road Trips vol 2 no 3: Wall of Sound, featuring highlights from two June 1974 performances using the band’s legendary and crystal-clear sound system. Listening party, lots more information, discussion area, and more at dead.net

Warner Home Video, presenting the 40th anniversary release of Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music – the director’s cut, on Special Edition DVD and Ultimate Collector’s Edition DVD and Blu-Ray. The Ultimate Collectorâ€™s Edition contains more than two extra hours of rare performance footage as never before seen. This footage features five artists who were at Woodstock but did not appear in any previous film version: The Grateful Dead, Paul Butterfield, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter, and Mountain. Video clips and complete information at www.WoodstockOnDVD.com.

The Church of Universal Love and Music, presenting its remaining summer festivals in Southwestern Pennsylvania with Medeski, Martin & Wood with DJ Logic, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Fred Westly, EOTO with Steve Molitz, CB-3 with Michael Kang, Boris Garcia, Cornmeal and many more. Complete festival dates and details are available at www.iLoveChurchMusic.com.

Tonight: an exclusive interview with Mark Karan and studio performance by Jemimah Puddleduck, both recorded yesterday (6/30/09) at John “JT” Thomas’ studio in Reseda CA. Here are some photos of the session from Alan Hess.

Jemimah Puddleduck – recorded 6/30/09 at JT Thomas’ studio in Reseda CA:Easy Wind
Annie Don’t Lie
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Bait the Hook
Walk Through the Fire
Don’t Let Go
Memphis Radio
Out in the Woods
I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
Fools in Love

Walk Through the Fire will be released June 30th on Quacktone Records and Dig Music and will be available at stores, iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and so forth, and at Jemimah Puddleduck and RatDog shows.

Last year, Music Box correspondent Douglas Heselgrave sat down with Ratdog‘s Mark Karan to talk about the guitarist’s unique role within the band. A few months later, Karan was forced to withdraw from the road in order to seek treatment for throat cancer. Following up on their prior conversation, Heselgrave and Karan chatted about recent events, including Karan’s health, his forthcoming outing with Jemimah Puddleduck, and his return to Ratdog for the outfit’s spring tour. Read the article here.

Short and sweet, Dog Heads: If you were wondering whoâ€™s playing lead guitar for our upcoming spring tour, it would be one Mark Karan. In the words of our fearless leader Senor Weir, â€œMarkâ€™s back. Itâ€™s pretty much a miracle.â€

Mark added, “with much gratitude after long months of hard work, joy, fear, hope, affirmation… and finally triumph… i have been given the â€˜all clearâ€™ by my wonderful doctors @ UCSF and am really pleased and excited to be able to say i’ll definitely be on the RatDog bus heading your way this spring. yippee! i’m looking forward to seeing all y’all and to playing with and for you very, very soon… thank you for all the love and support you’ve given me thru my greatest challenge.